>> welcome. it is 1:00 p.m. in the french capital. envoy meets with the syrian foreign minister about the dire need for humanitarian aid. two schools and medical center have been struck in aleppo. talks with european commission

chief, jean-claude juncker, in brussels later today, stressing that he will not entertain the i.t. of a brexit, saying there the idea of a brexit, saying there is no plan b on the table. the eagles of death metal returned to the stage. to complete the concert they started before gunmen opened fire on the audience, killing 90 people. up, trying to promote independent bookselling on the online retail giant. music's big night of the year, the annual grammys ceremony that took place on monday in los angeles. ."u're watching "france 24

first, our top story. the u.n., syria envoy has met with syria's foreign minister on the -- in crucial talks on the dire need for humanitarian aid in the besieged part of the country. the international community condemns bombardment in syria. the u.s. is at least 50 people were killed during a missile strike. the foreign ministry has blamed moscow. they have categorically denied the accusations. as our correspondent reports. a blatant violation of international law. that is what the u.n. called monday's airstrikes on civilian buildings in syria that killed dozens, including children. ,n the rebel stronghold of azaz and aes hit a hospital

school. province -- in this province, the hospital run by the french ngo doctors without borders was reduced to rubble. it was on bartered by foreign missiles a few minutes apart. rescuers scrambled to pull out survivors from the debris. attacks on hospitals are a breach of the geneva convention. inis considered a war crime the international criminal court. doctors without borders put the blame on the syrian government and its ally, russia. clearly, the syria-led , or the russian planes, to be today a doctor or a nurse in the area is equal to being a criminal.

>> the white house has condemned the attack and voice concerned about the -- and voiced concern about the escalating violence in syria. amountedys the strikes to russia carrying out a serious war crime. moscow says it's strikes focus on the islamic state group leader and >. >> we go to our london-based middle east analyst or russia has denied responsibility for war crimes, but has raised concerns about ankara's attacks. it has quickly devolved into a blame game. dr. it has, and it is getting quite confusing because the turks, you would think they would be attacking the russians and the iranians, who are hunting their allies against a side. -- against assad.

turkey's going against the kurds, whereas the isis -- it isnst getting kind of confusing, as well as tragic, with the bombing of the hospital and schools by the russians. >> there are so many other would be enemies in the region -- why are they targeting kurds? >> they are targeting the kurds in the northern rim of syria because they are afraid that if the kurds take the last remaining enclave, they will be able to have a continuous -- almost a state, if you will, contiguous from one side of syria to the other, along the northern border with turkey. that might give encouragement to the kurds, who live in southeastern turkey. , to seek in turkey their rights to secede from the

country of turkey. that is what they fear. there is a significant population of kurds in southeast turkey. they are seeking to -- they say, look, we are willing to join the ground operation, but itnot worry, we will not go alone. how reassuring is that likely to be? much actionot seen from the turks on the military side. there has been a lot of talk, a lot of angry words between russia and turkey. but other than their shooting down of the russian airliner, we have not really seen -- turkey has the largest army in the region. one of the largest armies in the world, standing armies third but we have not seen them used. ,o what my concern right now is that how do we deter the

russians from continuing to violate the munich agreement, calling for a cease-fire for humanitarian aid to the refugees who are trying to flee from aleppo? how do we get the russians to isis,he bombings not of but of the anti-a sod -- anti- -assad rebels. >> thank you for speaking with "france 24" this afternoon. britain's prime minister, david cameron, has met with the head of the european parliament, martin schultz, as he seeks to greenlight e.u. reform demand. he has put forward reposes, including lands to kirby e.u. migrant welfare. >> quite understandable that the prime minister asked the european parliament cooperate.

that was the insurance i gave. be quite clear, no government can go to a parliament and say this is our proposal, can you give a guarantee about this democracy echo therefore, my answer is, it will be -- parliament will do the utmost to support compromise and a fair deal, but i cannot preempt the result in the european parliament. >> crucial discussions in brussels is david cameron intends to renegotiate with the -- with jean-claude juncker later today. he stresses for now there is no plan b on the table. three months on from the deadly terror attacks that rocked the french capital, the eagles of death metal are returning to the stage. they want to complete a concert they started on november 13 to four gunmen stormed the bataclan and killed 90 people.

our correspondent explains. dark of david and stefan meet up for drink's every week. they are unlikely friends. stefan, a 49-year-old businessman, david, 20 feet-year-old -- a 24-year-old photographer. on a strong bond occurred the vote between 14, when they were watching -- they said it would be good to see the band together again. there was a desire for all of us to get together, all of us who lived through that. >> for me, it is starting the concert where we left off, to hear the same music and to see the same people around me. many times i said to myself that thet of my life stopped on 13th of november. so perhaps on february 16, it will get going again.

>> on the night of the attacks, he escaped being killed by hanging from the upper floor window. but he was spotted by the terrorists. for 2.5 hours, they were at the mercy of the killers. >> one of the hostages said something. and they pulled him to one side and staged a mock execution. >> after support each other through the ordeal, they decided they must see each other again. >> i always have a big smile when i see him because it always reminds me of being alive. >> on december 8, the eagles of death metal paid their respects. now they have come back to paris to finish the gateway started with the survivors. -- the gig they started with the survivors. >> accused of involvement in the bombing that killed 20 people in bangkok last year, no mohammed and mariana yusef face 10 charges, including murder and

the illegal possession of explosives. the august 17 attack at the erawan shrine killed four and are -- and injured 20 others. to music's big night of the year. the annual grammy ceremony took place on sunday in los angeles -- thereor swift and are some no-shows. lauryn hill and rihanna canceled . thomas waterhouse has the details. shaking off her country music beginnings in favor of pop, it has certainly paid off for taylor swift. as well as picking up grammys pop album and best video for "bad blood." she also walked off with best outcome accolade for "1989."

lamar, whose song "all right," has become the anthem of the black lives matter movement -- after spending 14 charts, the top of the "uptown son" won record of the year. meghan trainor scooped up the best new artist award. aloud" won best new song of the year. the blues rock quartet the alabama shakes won three awards, including best alternative album for sound and color. there were also live performances by previous

multi-grammy award winner adele, as well as the canadian pop sensation justin bieber. just over a month after his death, lady gaga had a special psychedelic tribute to one of her heroes, david bowie. >> in the north kierland capital of pyongyang, that in the north korean capital of pyongyang, -- in the north korean capital of pyongyang, your skaters from are taking part in the event, which is scheduled to run until wednesday. kim jong-il died of an apparent heart attack in 2011 after ruling north korea for 17 years. son, kim jong-un, took over the reins after his father's death. a quick reminder of the top stories for you. the u.n.'s syria envoy meets

onh syria's foreign minister facing hostilities and the dire need for humanitarian aid. this after deadly missile strikes hit schools in aleppo. britain's prime minister david cameron plans to hold talks with the european commission chief, jean-claude juncker, in brussels later today. the strategy will not entertain the idea of a brexit. three months on from terror attacks that rocked the french capital, the eagles of death metal archer return to the stage. the band want to complete the concert they started before gunmen stormed the bataclan, and opened fire on the audience, killing 90 people. the change of pace now. stephen carroll joins me. good afternoon. we start with the price of oil, which is having a rather bumpy ride on the markets today. stephen: that is right.

meetings are taking place between four major ministers of oil-producing countries. saudi arabia and russia agree that production could be frozen at january levels. the price of oil has plummeted by 70% in the past 18 months. the anticipation of this meeting, the price jumped some 5% early today. the brain crude index is the international benchmark for trading of oil, but those get her back slightly as we got results from those meetings. many have been hoping for a cut in production but did not get it. oil is trading at just under $34 a barrel. >> talk us through how this has affected the stock markets. again, we have seen european markets open up some of the gains, pared back particularly with what is happening on the german market. bankshares are fighting again. commerce bank is broken down by

4% in trading. the markets had initially been cheered by comments by mario draghi that the ecb was ready to do more to protect the eurozone, but that effect seems to have worn off as the day goes on, with the dax leading into the red. some more of the business headlines. edf, the french energy company, reported lower than expected profits come a down from 3.7 billion euros in 2014. the chief -- the chief executive says it will only close one executive plant. up to 19 may be needing to be closed. the firm has been hit by the commodity price slump and is in the process of selling off for shutting down some two thirds of its operations.

anglo american was downgraded to junk by the ratings agency moody's on monday. sales of volkswagens in europe fell 4% in january. the brand would be -- overall, passenger cars in europe rose by 6%. >> back in france, a new app is trying to reduce amazon's influence on the market. here in france it has been a subject of criticism by the government, which is targeted the firm. a software developer is trying to build independent booksellers with an app that aims to redirect you away from the online retail giant. despite a 3% increase in sales in 2015, bookstores and france are constantly feeling the heat from our light services

like amazon owners argue that they -- 10,have access to around 20, 30 webpages of books in the shop. you also have the kind of diversity that is more pleasant and easy to use an online. sitesstrated with online placing local businesses at risk, he created amazon killer. it aims to chip away at the 12% controlsare amazon.com of book sales in france. in one simple click, it allows users to bypass the site and -- andup negative shells offers up bookshelves instead. >> asked myself, can't we think of a system that does not give users of amazon to fight it. it allows you to look up a book in a real bookstore. formazon killer is free

download on smart phones and computers, and the application links users to 500 bookshops across the country. while the money -- while the amount of money spent has declined in the number of years, the government is dependent on -- the law was passed that presented a site from offering toe delivery in attempt level the playing field. >> so the grammys been looking at the businesses hoping to hit the right note in terms of the goodie bags appeared very important. stephen: goodie bags are very important. 150 people get a goodie bag at the grammys purred not only the nominees but also presenters and performers. the swag they get is valued at some $22,000 by "fortune" magazine. it includes a $6,000 from the it includes a- $6,000 fitness spa package. and aludes gluten-free

cocktail service. -- arat gold it always strikes me that people who need things the least to get them. business much for the roundup -- thanks very much for the business roundup. we will have that now. time for the press review. take a look at what is grabbing headlines around the world. let's start in uganda. yesterday there was violence in the capital, having elections oppositionnd the leader was tear gassed and briefly arrested yesterday. you can see a photo of his arrest on the front page of "the wall street journal." uganda post government is tightening his grip.

he was once more as a new kind of leader in africa, but 30 years later he is wanting to retain his autocratic rule. he wants to secure a fifth term. the opposition, you can read more about his arrest all over the press. he haspenly called -- openly called the president a dictator and is promising to run a more efficient government or a polls are saying it is going to be a tight race. for the lead up to that election, which will be held on thursday. hand, his arrest has reinforced fears that the election could be marred by more violence or more threats against the opposition. but then you can see this tweet. an editor from the south american that from the south african paper, the mailing guardian. gosays the opposition could

against the president. it would not have half the global publicity that it has gotten over his arrest. it is an interesting analysis, given the importance that social media is playing in this presidential election in uganda. this article came out a couple of days ago, looking at the rol social media is playing in the presidential election. serious battle is being waged on social media, which in a way can explain the tight race we are seeing. >> we leaving uganda behind for a second. the band that was playing at the bataclan is playing again tonight. >> that is right, the eagles of death metal wants to finish these concert they started on november 13. it was interrupted after 45 minutes, so they will play tonight at another big venue here in paris. survivors of the bataclan attack

-- you can see a moving article here. thesend met with six of bataclan survivors, that they want to -- that it is important for them to finish that concert. old, he says, "if i do not go, it means that the bank." thatave won the terrorists have won." at the time of the bataclan attack, he was convinced that attack would be that that that concert would be attacked as well. another man says i also want to finally put an end that evening. it is going to be a very emotional night with tight and exceptional police presence will be put in place to keep the venue and the band safe.

>> according to one report, more and more people are finding out -- flo: there are surprising figures to 35,500 people have signed up to take the next police entry exam, a record. the job is attracting more and more young people, and of course a lot of this has to do with last year's attacks in january and in november. the paper interviews a police historian. he says what we are seeing in france is an unprecedented perilous asian -- an -- anedentedi heros sation of the heroi police. it is an interesting turn around. there is a view that young people have of the police. not too long ago, the police did not have such a great reputation

in france. people,lly, for young according to this historian. >> there is -- flo: he's a defender for that she was giving an online q&a session over the weekend, and he allegedly called -- used a homophobic jive here in french. does he still deserve to wear banged the jersey? he has been suspended -- does he thel deserve to wear ban jersey? the french version is saying we should thank him because he has usually ridiculous secrets that you get within prevention -- within professional football leagues, the relationships between the coaches and the players.

very image-conscious print they applaud him for upending this. but the paper says let's not forget that it is a homophobic word. and that it should be a role model in the fight against homophobia. and they call on a big donation to be given. perhaps even to do an internship there. >> thank you very much for keeping us up-to-date with what is grabbing headlines around the world, and in france as well. if you are interested in any of those stories, log on to the website france24.com for all of that information. there you have it. you are up-to-date with the press review. we are taking a very short break. coming up, we will discuss with iranian and palestinian officials french proposals outlining its plan for an international peace conference.

we will get an update from our correspondent.

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